Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 305-315 , September 2009

Factorial analyses of photopolymerizable thermoresponsive composite hydrogels for protein delivery

  • Abhimanyu Sabnis, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
    • Both authors contributed equally.
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  • Aniket S. Wadajkar, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
    • Both authors contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Pranesh Aswath, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Material Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Kytai T. Nguyen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76010, USA.

Received 26 August 2008 ,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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 Support was provided by the American Heart Association Scientist Development Award 073520N and National Institutes of Health grants HL082644 and HL091232 (K.N.).

PII: S1549-9634(08)00189-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.11.003

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 305-315 , September 2009

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